Army officer in Iraq tells Boot Murtha:

"Keep up the fight and go for the throat!"

The following is an e-mail message received by BootMurtha.com from an Army officer currently
stationed in Iraq:

"I saw your website bootmurtha.com. I am an Army officer currently stationed in Iraq and recently spent a week
with a unit of Marines. The Marines of this unit would love for Murtha to come and visit them and explain to them the
rules of engagement. They have had several KIAs over the past few months. I won't e-mail their thoughts on Murtha
but you can imagine. During the week I spent there, they had the first two-day stretch when they were not IEDed, fired
on or had indirect fire on their FOB. But some bag of wind sitting back in the states can mouth off without any evidence.
They were bitter. Hope they stop in to visit Murtha on their way back home.

Hotel Wars in Johnstown, PA!

Congressman John Murtha is gearing up on all fronts. Not only has he got Max Cleland coming
back to Johnstown to stage an Anti-War Rally the day before our Boot Murtha Rally (announced by Cleland on the HBO show "Bill
Maher" last Friday night)... but he's also laying siege to the hotel and motel rooms in Johnstown.

Vets for the Truth's Boot Murtha Rally is set for Sunday, Oct. 1st at 2 p.m.

Max Cleland's Anti-War Rally on behalf of Congressman Murtha has been set for Saturday,
Sept. 30 at 11 a.m.

We have tried to get more rooms blocked out for us, but have been refused.

Terry Pennington, father of Rob Pennington, one of the so-called "Pendleton Eight," who are being held at the Camp Pendleton, CA,
brig. They are being charged with murder and conspiracy, those seven Marines and one Navy Corpsman.

David Beamer, father of Todd Beamer, leader of the anti-hijacker group on Flight 93 (the man who said, "Let's roll!")

John Wrobleski, father of a Marine killed in Iraq, and who deeply resents the dishonor brought upon the USMC by Murtha's comments.

Gregg Garvey, father of Justin Garvey, who was killed in Iraq, founder of a program that enables local communities to purchase
and erect memorials to their fallen sons and daughters. He will lead the memorial service that precedes the rally.

Rally Co-chairmen:

Craig Minnick -- Minnick is a resident of Johnstown, PA, an Iraq War Veteran and a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army Reserve.minnick@bootmurtha.com

Harry Beam -- Beam is a resident of Johnstown, PA, a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel and a highly decorated Vietnam Veteran. rallyinfo@bootmurtha.com

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"A
man good enough to shed his blood for his country, is good enough to receive a square
deal afterwards . . ." -- Theodore Roosevelt

"The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall
be directly proportional to how they perceive veterans of early wars were treated and appreciated by our nation."

- George Washington

GOD BLESS OUR VETERANS

Help give America's PTSD vets a stronger voice.Please join our Facebook
Cause. We are nearing 20,000 members.PTSD disabled vets should be protected under the Federal Americans with Disability
Act?

UPDATE: A couple
of years ago, I was the Operations Officer for the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center, on the waterfront between the USS ARIZONA
and the USS BOWFIN. The Commandant of the Marine Corps was the featured speaker at the dedication of the USS ARIZONA Marine
Remembrance, 10 November 2006. The National Park Service, which administers the USS ARIZONA Memorial is renovating all of
Halawa Landing, the site of the Marine Remembrance. The Regional Director of the Natl Park Service Western Region, Jon Jarvis,
stated on the local TV news that the Marine Remembrance would be removed. I challenged him on that statement and convinced
him that would not happen without a fight. I passed the word to (disabled vet and webmaster) Jack Cunningham (Americans
Working Together), who in turn asked his readership to email Jarvis that the entire USMC would make every effort to have him
relieved of his duties if he moved that monument. I was copied on many of the emails to him from Marines, their friends and
their families that it nearly fried my computer. And...it worked. In order to save his job, Jarvis backed down. The
Remembrance now belongs to the USMC and has its' rightful place in direct view of the USS ARIZONA.

I'm writing this request (again) on behalf of Jack Cunningham, a former
active duty Marine and Vietnam veteran. Although I've never actually met him in person, simply the fact that he is a
fellow Marine in need of justice, I offer to help him in any way I can. As you may know, Marines are like that.
Marines take care of Marines.

Although I probably don't know all of the facts pertaining to his case against the State
of New Jersey, I know enough to firmly believe that he should be heard in a public forum. His charges are serious.
There are claims of abuse of power and cover-up at the highest level of the State government. When such accusations
are made, I believe the leadership has no other option than to investigate. Until that is done, all that know of him
and his charges will assume that there is indeed a cover-up. Perception is a powerful thing. Hopefully it won't
be counter to the truth, whatever that may be.

If this is allowed to continue to fester, the results will be devastating
on all involved.

If this issue is not addressed soon, my only other option is to forward this to every Marine
website and public forum I can find. That option is not a good one for any of us.

"The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified,
shall be directly proportional to how they perceive veterans of early wars were treated and appreciated by our nation."

DURING THE VIETNAM WAR, AMERICANS
LIVED AND SERVED (24/7) WITHIN VIETNAMESE VILLAGES. FEW AMERICANS
BACK HOME EVER HEARD OF THESE MILITARY TEAMS, BECAUSE THE AMERICAN
NEWS MEDIA WAS NOT INTO TELLING POSITIVE, TRUTHFUL STORIES OF
THOSE SERVING HONORABLY FOR AMERICA. IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE
SAME TODAY WITH THE AMERICAN NEWS MEDIA.

BELOW IS AN ARTICLE
ABOUT ONE OF THESE MILITARY TEAMS IN VIETNAM. THE COMBINED
ACTION PROGRAM (CAP) WAS SUCH A SUCCESS DURING THE VIETNAM WAR,
THIS UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS' UNIT WAS REACTIVATED FOR OUR
CURRENT WAR ON TERRORISM.

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FACES OF THE DUC DUC REFUGEE
VILLAGE

In Vietnam, It Was Nicknamed "The Peace Corps
Volunteers With Rifles."

Anyone familiar with the Combined Action Platoons of the Vietnam War will understand what's going on here (In Iraq today).
These Marines live, work, sleep, eat and bathe in the same neighborhoods they are helping to stabilize. In doing so, they're
no longer driving in from a forward operating base, or FOB, outside the city and conducting patrols. Instead, they wake up
in the morning, plan a patrol, then walk out into the neighborhood and greet the men and women sweeping their sidewalks or
tending their shops. They're literally swarmed with children wanting a high five or a piece of chocolate. They visit schools,
markets and local infrastructure projects to see how things are going. There are no interrogations or mean faces, just a neighborly
walk through their district to check on the locals who sometimes know them by name.

Below are two links to some articles about the Marine Corps' Civil Action Programs

I served on a CAP Team in the Duc Duc Refugee Village. Sometimes, we only had four (4)
Americans in a village of 2,000 homes.

We got pulled out from our village in August 1970, because of President Nixon's troop pullout.
In March 1971, the village was burned to the ground by communist terrorists and hundreds and hundreds of innocent men, women
and children were killed, wounded and reported missing. http://www.americans-working-together.com/id222.html

Instead of the State of New Jersey giving me "reasonable disability
accommodations" for my war-service-related PTSD, the State allowed Maynard & Truland's arrogant lawyers to mock my disability
in New Jersey Supreme Court documents.

The corrupt law firm Maynard & Truland was the defendant in the
case, and I was the Plaintiff in the ethics complaint.